When folks think of San Francisco, they think hills, cable cars, fog and the Golden Gate Bridge. Most folks don't necessarily think of San Francisco as walkable. But according to SFGate.com, SF came in as the second most walkable city in the US with Oakland coming in at 10th place! I guess when you think about it, a 6 mi x 6 mi metropolitan area is not really all that big.

Surprisingly, our lovely city was only behind New York. I don't know about you all, but if you've ever been in NYC in the summer, walking is definitely not my preferred mode of transportation. As much as the subways are easy and the grid system is common sense, that muggy hot air that comes out from the depths of NYC's underbelly makes things unbearable. In my humble opinion, SF should have been number 1 for that item alone.